Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony, please.
Yes. My name is Zachary Lewis. Hello, everyone. I am Executive Director of Disabled in Action, a local grassroots advocacy group run and controlled by people with disabilities and allies. I'm a proud motivated organizer with ADAPT, A-D-A-P-T, for just about 15 years or so. I'm also a consumer who receives home and community-based services through the Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Department of Health and Human Services, which allows me to live independently in the community. I thank God for that. I know and understand that I just named a bunch of different titles. I get it, I wear a lot of hats. However, as a person with a disability, I represent over 50-plus percent of the population who are renters in Philadelphia. In addition to the -- I'm sorry. In addition to that statistic, I represent 16 percent of the disabled population here in Philadelphia, for me and a lot of people who look like me live on a fixed income because of government assistance such as SNAP benefits, cash assistance, SSI, SSDI that is anywhere between $738 and $1,200 a month. It equals to about $14,000 a year or less. Most of the disability community lives on 18 percent of the average median income, which is extremely low income. These various government-funded income streams are critical for people that look like Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 me. Being a part of Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities is something (inaudible). I believe the saying goes there's strength in numbers. For this tremendous amount of support together, we have developed a strong Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund. I'm here to testify in favor for the Bill 200556. With this ordinance, it would allow for the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund to receive a one percent tax on all construction in Philadelphia. I'm in favor of the tax because it allows for development without displacement throughout neighborhoods in Philadelphia. This means that for every new structure that is built, there will be -- the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund will receive a one percent tax construction cost. This newly generated fund will allow for the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund the ability for accessible, affordable, integrated housing. This is an option for renters and the sale of Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 housing units in Philadelphia -- to Philadelphians who desire to become homeowners. The one percent construction tax would also fund people that are dying in nursing facilities. People that are in nursing facilities are lacking the resources needed to transition out into the communities.
People are in need of home modifications and accessible equipment that would allow them to gain their independence and live in the community.
I'm going to ask -- you have to kind of wrap it up. Your time is gone. If you can just wrap it up, please.
I believe I was. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 This bill will basically allow access for gaining that one percent tax to have accessible, affordable, integrated housing for people to transition out of nursing facilities.
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony, sir. Appreciate you.
The next speaker is Stephanie Biello. COUNCIL SUPPORT: Chief Clerk, the next three callers are not on the line. However, we do have Reverend Holston.
Again, my name is Reverend Gregory Holston. I am here as the Senior Advisor for the District Attorney on Policy and Advocacy, Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 and I'm reading a statement from him. Good morning, Councilmembers. I'm here today to stand in support of the Black Worker Matter bill package, 200557, 200559, and 200563. I stand with you not only because these bills are anti-poverty measures, but they are also gun violence prevention measures. The DAO believes the best way to fight for -- to fight crime is more jobs, economic opportunity, education, summer programs, building communities and rec centers. We believe that the best gun violence prevention measures are measured that send tens of millions of dollars back to the community each year to build up the things that give youth hope and make them believe that they have a future. When you do those things over time, they don't pick up guns. They don't shoot each other. It's not a coincidence the highest levels of gun violence in our city are in the poorest sections of Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Philadelphia. We are still the poorest big city in this country with nearly 400,000 people living in poverty and about 200,000 living in deep poverty. If we reduce poverty, we reduce gun violence. The efforts of the movement for change have taken workers as little as $2.50 an hour and have increased their salary as much as $15 to $20 an hour. It is during this COVID time that all of these workers -- most of these workers have suffered great job loss. I applaud the sponsors, Councilmembers Gym, Johnson, Thomas, and co-sponsors Parker, Henon, Jones, Gilmore Richardson, Brooks, Gauthier, Quinones-Sanchez, and Clarke on these bills and make a preemptive strike and telling these financial institutions, these hedge funds you can't undermine our work here in the City of Philadelphia. I thank you for your determination to give hospitality workers Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 hope, to give black people hope, to give our communities hope by standing with these workers to fight crime through economic prosperity. Thank you so much.
Yes. I'm right here. This is Dominique Howell testifying on Bill No. 200556. I was having to go to the bathroom in the middle of our thing. My name is Dominique Howell and I am an Independent Living Specialist at Liberty Resources, the Leading Center for Independent Living in Philadelphia. Liberty Resources is also a member of the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities. Liberty Resources has existed for nearly four decades and is Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 run by people with disabilities. We advocate for people with disabilities to have equal and affordable and accessible housing in Philadelphia. We have been working on making the Housing Trust Fund one that meets our city needs for over 20 years. We live in a city where half of its residents are renters, where 16 percent of people are disabled, and many are on fixed incomes making anywhere between 738 or 1,200 a month. This equals to 14,000 a year or less. As the population grows, they continue to be underserved. Our coalition and our members continue to fight for affordable housing for the broader population. We support this bill because it would establish a 400 million bond to preserve and create affordable housing. It also allows to help consumers get out of the nursing home and get safely into the community. (Inaudible) of the affordable housing -okay. So I'm just asking you all today Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 to understand that in support of this bill, it would provide accessible housing and affordable housing units for all Philadelphians that are underserved. Thank you very much.
Good morning. Yes. Good morning, Chairman Clarke, members of Council. My name is Brendan Lynch. I'm an attorney with the Employment Unit at Community Legal Services. I'm testifying today to urge you to support Bill No. 200479 to amend the Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance. In my work and my colleagues' work, we've seen the need for improvements to the law, and this bill -this amendment would make two important changes. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Number one, it would expand the law from covering only job applicants to covering current employees. There are many, many situations where people come to us because they've been thrown out of a job that they had already shown they had the ability to do because a new background check was done after they had started the job. The current text of the ordinance does not cover them, but with this amendment, it would cover people in that situation and, as they ought to, would receive the same protections as people applying initially to get a job. The bill would also expand the law to cover independent contractors and gig workers. This is a huge and growing sector of the economy for our fellow Philadelphians, and many people are finding that they are being excluded from these jobs due to their records, including old or minor records. The Ban the Box ordinance, as the ordinance is known, has always served Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 to try to weed out some very common forms of bias. First of all, the results of the criminal justice system are not neutral. They disproportionately affect in particular black and the EEOC's characterization is Hispanic (inaudible). And there is also, of course, a longstanding tendency of employers who assume that someone who has a conviction once convicted is always permanently more of a risk to commit a crime in the future than other people. In fact, repeated studies have shown that that is not true, that after a number of years without an arrest, people are no more likely to commit a crime than any other person off the street. And so this amendment will ensure that that bias -- that those biases are not used as excuses and reasons to exclude our fellow citizens, in particular citizens of color, from the ever-expanding array of gig economy jobs that so many of them are depending upon. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Lastly, I just wanted to note that we have not heard in the nine years that Ban the Box has been the law in Philadelphia, we haven't heard any problems with the bill. If those people who are concerned about the bill will come forward with evidence of problems -this amendment would be the third amendment in nine years. There can be a fourth, if necessary. If people come forward with actual evidence that it's causing problems, we certainly would not want to see any concerns about safety or employee suitability in Philadelphia, but we have not heard those problems, and our office is confident that we will not with these amendments, and so we urge City Council to adopt them. Thank you.
Good Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 morning. COUNCIL SUPPORT: Chief Clerk, I'm not sure Rashon Howard is on the line. I think Mr. Bennett is.
We hear you now, yes. Proceed. Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
I am Leonard Bennett, the Pennsylvania State Director of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated. On behalf of the International President, Michael Cristal, and the Eastern Regional Director, JR Reeves, I would like to thank City Council for considering this resolution. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 I appreciate the actions of Councilmembers Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Derek Green, Cherelle Parker, and Kenyatta Johnson for this resolution, recognizing and honoring and congratulating Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated on its 107th Founder's Day. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University on January 9th, 1914 by Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown. This means Phi Beta Sigma, just as our sister organization, Zeta Phi Beta out of Philadelphia, is one of the founding members. Founder Charles I. Brown lived and worked in the Philadelphia area until his death in 1981. Our motto of culture for service, service for humanity was expressed by members that you might know as Brother George Washington Carver; A. Philip Randolph; John Lewis; Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Party; James Weldon Johnson; fellow Central High alum, Alain Leroy Locke, the first African American Rhodes Scholar; and currently Reverend Waller of Enon Tabernacle; State Representative Jordan Harris; Judge Virgil Walker of Montgomery County; the Philadelphia Phillies Ryan Howard. These are members of Pennsylvania -- I mean, these are certain members of Phi Beta Sigma that you might know of. So on behalf of all Sigmas in the State of Pennsylvania, from Indiana University, from Pennsylvania University, from Pittsburgh, Temple, on behalf we thank you for considering this resolution of honoring our Founder's Day. Thank you very much.
Good Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 morning. Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony, please.
My name is Victoria Fernandez. I'm calling about Bill 200366, the abatement bill. Council should vote no on this bill. This bill is destroying the City and losing -- yes. I'm here. Victoria Fernandez. I'm calling about Bill 200366, the abatement bill.
To all vote no on this bill. This bill is costing the City millions of dollars. The only people who should have an abatement is who own their homes and have stayed in the neighborhoods for 20, 30 years. (Pause.)
Is that all? Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much for your testimony.
I'm waiting for you to conclude. Go ahead. Go ahead.
If you can afford to buy a home that costs a half a million dollars or more, you can pay your real estate taxes. The money collected for abatement can help two groups that this Council seems to forget. One is the children who go to school and, two, seniors. Stop catering to the affluent and rich, and cater to the people who vote you in office. Thank you.
Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Thank you, ma'am. Thank you for your testimony.
Yes. State your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
This is Madeline Shikomba. I'm representing North of Washington Avenue and I'm talking about Bill No. 200366, the abatement bill. Okay? Can I finish? Can I go on?
I want the people of Philadelphia to remember these names. These are the City Council people who are supporting this bill and are Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 against the full funding of our education for our children: Councilman Clarke, Henon, Green, Bass, Quinones-Sanchez, Parker, Oh, Johnson, Jones, and Councilman Oh. They voted in committee hearing to continue the gentrification of our neighborhood, the continued underfunding of our school, the de-education of our children. Today they lump all the bills together, forcing members to ascend to approval, even though many in committee have expressed opposition to this bill. Stop abatements and restore full education funding to our schools. We beg City Council not to pass 200366, and if it is passed, we beg the Mayor to veto it. Stop destroying our children mental development. Provide good education, decent buildings -Yes, I'm on the phone. -- (continued) and teachers to our children. Our children are entitled to this. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Hello? And stop abating the full funding of education. This is predominantly composed of people of color for the past 20 years who have supported the abatement and underfunding children -- the education of children, who are predominantly children of color. We beg the City to support our children and the people of this city, who are predominantly people of color. Our schools are deteriorating. Our children lack books and other needed supplies. Teachers have to go into their pockets to pay for it. Many of the parents have been withdrawing their kids from public schools and placing them in charter schools, and if they can afford it, they put them in private schools. COVID has added another layer of destruction in our education, and yet our City Council sit up there ready to pass an abatement bill to further deny Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 the education and money for our children. In 2017, they passed the sugar tax, putting an extra burden on the poor to pay for pre-K education for their children. Why? We have abatement money. Many City Council members already mentioned -- because in 2023, we need to have an election year and we need to throw these people out if they vote for this bill. We cannot have them continue to de-educate our children and support developers who are in the process of gentrifying. Is that what City Council is trying to do? Gentrify us out of our homes and reduce the education of our children? The jobs that were created, our children can't even afford to get because they are undereducated and they do not qualify. They only get the unskilled jobs. And the only thing -- I go down to where they have these school sites and what they are taking. We need to stop Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 this. Stop abatements now.
Thank you. Thank you for your testimony, ma'am.
Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
Hi. Tiffany Green. I'm addressing Bill 200366 and Bill 200556.
Okay. I believe that this bill, the abatement bill, this is about favoring developers. Okay? And you're really manipulating the community with this, because the reality of it is, if you go to -- I'd like the public to go to Civic Design Review, which is taking Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 place today. You have over eight projects total over 3,551 residential units coming in. We have one of these held today at 1,100 market-rate units at Broad and Washington Avenue. You have another one at 1,100 on Hancock Street for 1,100. We are being out-built at this particular point. Do you think that these developers who are building large developments like this should get a ten-year tax abatement or should they get one at all? We're saying do not vote for this. They're not talking about the small developer. These are large developers coming in, building 400 units, 300 units. Then you want to cover this up with trickery with the one percent construction tax. We're being out-built. We need an inclusionary bill. If you're going to shop mixed-income housing to us, then let's be mixed-income housing. If you're Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 doing something for 1,100 units, then 400 should be for affordable units. Okay? By the time we get that money for construction tax, by the time you go through the two-year process of trying to build a house -- build affordable housing, we will be out-built, and at this point, we have more market rate than we have affordable. These bills are not where they're at, and we ask you to vote no. I'm asking Councilman Johnson for his area to vote no and Councilman Oh. And then when the Land Bank want to sell your properties at 195,000 to 250,000 and call if affordable, that's not affordable. That is trickery, and this is manipulation. We've been down this road before, Council President Clarke, and every time you sell a sizzle and when you pull back the curtains, we never get the affordable housing that we say we're going to get. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Good morning. Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
My name is Ron Whitehorne. I'm a member of 215 People's Alliance and part of Our City Our Schools coalition. I'm speaking on Bill No. 200366. I'm a retired public school teacher who spent my whole career teaching at Julia de Burgos in the Fairhill neighborhood, where I saw firsthand the impact of de-industrialization and systemic racism on children and their families. I'm also a parent of two children who went through our public schools, a residential property owner from the Lawncrest neighborhood, and for decades an advocate for equitable, fully resourced public Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 schools. For many years, I've been a vocal opponent of the ten-year tax abatement. There is no better symbol of our city government's long-headed priorities than this policy, which has subsidized developers and rich people at the expense of schools that serve mostly black, brown, and poor children and families. This is certainly no less true as we reel from the COVID virus and its economic dislocations. Council must reject the attempt to delay the reduction of the residential abatement and should instead press for the total elimination of both the residential and commercial abatement. The priority needs to be on funding our schools, providing housing for the homeless, and protection for low-income renters and homeowners. Certainly jobs, including construction jobs, need to be a priority as well, but this can be addressed by Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 robust investment in public infrastructure, in schools, green energy, and affordable housing, investments that will benefit working people. This is in stark contrast to the model of economic development embedded in the ten-year abatement, subsidized corporations and rich white people, and hope some will trickle down to the rest of us. Please vote no on Bill 200366. Thank you.
Good morning. I am Hana Sabree and I'm a lifelong resident of Philadelphia. I am respectfully requesting you do not sponsor or support abatement Bill 200366. It represents the worst regard of the common residents of Philadelphia. It is Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 a slap in the face to my family members, neighbors, the children of the City, and myself, who are hard-working essential workers and lifelong members of the councilmanic districts you represent. Bill 200366 does not empower or support the children of our city, who before COVID-19 went to school in dilapidated and environmentally unsafe structures. This bill does not empower or support lifelong residents in obtaining skilled laborer jobs to contribute towards the City's tax base. This bill assesses the privilege at a lower tax rate and is not fair and equitable to our constituencies. You have -- those who voted you to support them. I respectfully ask that you do not continue to pander and (inaudible) service to the developers and privileged newcomers. Lifelong residents do not want no more developers and the newcomers moving in, but we don't want less Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 equality either. I implore you, in the interest of the many citizens of the City, to unite together to fairly and equitably support the hard-working common residents who have supported you versus the privileged few. I'm asking particularly my Councilperson, Curtis Jones, to not support this bill, and I'm also requesting that Cherelle Parker, Cindy Bass, Maria Sanchez, Derek Oh -- David Oh and Derek Green and Mark Squilla also not support Bill 200366. Thank you very much.
My name is Hannah Holliday and I'm a resident of West Philadelphia and a former educator. I'm speaking to you today to ask you all to vote no on Bill 200366. This bill Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 would delay reforms to the abatement right at a time when we need funds the most. This past Wednesday, we learned that federal COVID relief funds that otherwise would have gone to the School District of Philadelphia were denied to us due to the republican-designed distribution plan. Philly should have received 30 million more federal dollars of school funding. And then just last week, teachers and staff members of the School District received an e-mail indicating that there could be layoffs in the future. Board members have mentioned school closures. Schools are not even safe to have students and teachers back in them. In light of all that is going on and all of the funds that we need and have not yet received for our public schools, the question I have for the Council is if you will act to support students and teachers over developers and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 corporations. You have likely heard that developers and corporations say starting reforms now is harmful due to the unexpected losses they have experienced because of COVID. These are large developers and corporations. So I would ask what their profits were in previous years and why they cannot draw from the profits they have accrued over the years of not having to pay taxes. If this is the time for them to pay to be in the city that they are in, vote to reform the abatement now in 2021, not later. Thank you.
The next speaker is Laverne Johnson. COUNCIL SUPPORT: Chief Clerk, we do not have Ms. Johnson on the phone. We do have Calvin Williams.
The next speaker is Calvin Williams. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Yes, sir. Please state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
My name is Calvin Williams and I am speaking to the overlay bill, No. 200613. I am a 70-year-old senior, 19121 zip code North Philadelphia lifer, and a homeowner in the 32nd Ward of Strawberry Mansion, and I've been at this for three decades. We are a city of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has a vision of who they are and what they want to be. As a legislative body, you are here because the neighborhoods and the districts chose you to help them fulfill the dreams of what their communities can do to stay safe and inviting. Collectively, you have agreed to work as a body to do for them and the rest of the City. East Park and West Park are the front yards of all of Strawberry Mansion. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 With the facing historical significance in houses on North 33rd Street and the architectural and cultural heritage in the back streets, we are poised to take our place among the neighborhoods as a destination for naturalists, recreation bus, and tours. The shops, cafes, and businesses will follow. This has always been the vision that we've had of ourselves. Now, we remember the large billboards posted in Brewerytown by developers announcing boldly, it's our turn now, referring to the new arrivals to the North Philadelphia neighborhood. I say to you, we never got our turn to rebuild our community. Now, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission gives the recommendation for you to move this bill forward. Thank you for them. In the neighborhoods, community organizing and the power of the vote are the only weapons we have to protect ourself Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 against those we perceive would do us harm. We gave you our vote. From time to time, you are required to give it back. Please use that vote for the good residents of Strawberry Mansion and all communities wishing to plot their own destiny. I am urging you to move this bill forward and vote in favor of Bill No. 200613. Thank you. God bless you, and be safe.
Yes. Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony, please.
Thank you. My name is Marcos Lomeli. I'm a Program Coordinator at Ceiba, an organization Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 serving the Latino community here in Philadelphia. I'm testifying on Bill 200556 and 200573, if that's all right with you, Council.
Thank you. We're asking you to -- I'll try to keep my remarks brief. We're asking you to pass 200556, the one percent construction impact tax, as it will infuse our Housing Trust Fund with millions of dollars that our community desperately needs for development of affordable housing. We know that the economic impact of this pandemic will be felt by our most vulnerable communities for many years. It will be a long time before our city recovers economically, but this bill and the infusion of cash into the Housing Trust Fund will help cushion the impact for our city's low-wage workers, seniors living in unsafe conditions, and moderate-income families that want to Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 stay in the City and pay their fair share of property and wage tax. A strong affordable housing market makes for a healthy city. So we're thankful for the Council's commitment to helping ensure that our people can afford to live here, and we see this impact tax as an important part of that effort. So we're asking you to pass that bill. That was the good. Now the not so good. We are asking you to not pass Bill 200573. In particular, we are concerned that the language on the bill, by specifically singling out the, quote/unquote, misclassification of workers as one of the causes of unpaid employer wage tax and, therefore, one of the barriers to various tax exemptions, this language unfairly targets unauthorized users for exclusion from jobs that they already hold and from economic opportunity. We sympathize and agree with Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 the Council's effort to combat the scourge of non-taxpaying developers who are making big bucks at the expense of our city. However, this bill would have the unintended effects of scapegoating immigrant workers. Contrary to popular belief, these folks contribute mightily to the City's well-being. Since 2006, Ceiba alone -- and we're a small organization -- has helped prepare more than 2,000 tax returns for taxpayers with ITINs, resulting in millions of dollars paid in federal, state, and local income taxes. These folks are more than willing to pay their fair share, even when they are being paid cash or as independent contractors, because it is the right thing to do. Please reconsider the wording of this bill. Thank you for your attention.
The next speaker Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 is Diane Wilson.
Diane Wilson. I am the State Director for the Commonwealth of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. On behalf of our International President, Regional Director, the members of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and especially all of the members in Philadelphia, I come to speak on behalf of Resolution 200685, the resolution recognizing, honoring, and congratulating Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on its 101st Founder's Day. You can read the history and accomplishments of our organization as expressed in the resolution, but I am an educator by trade, so I'm naturally inquisitive. So I ask myself, what is so special about the number 101. Well, in college, 101 represents beginning in any area. 101 courses teach all the basic principles and concepts that are expected Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 in a particular field. Just like the 101 courses, Zeta has stayed true to our basic principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. In mathematics, 101 is the 26th prime number. As we all remember from elementary school, prime numbers are natural numbers that cannot be broken down into small numbers. Just like prime numbers, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated has stood strong and never broken through depression, Jim Crow, segregation, and today's racial unrest. In English, 101 is a palindrome, which means it reads the same backwards as forward. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated holds onto our traditions, our history. We hold our past, our founders, our accomplishments, our firsts while pressing forward and blazing new paths. On January 16th, 2021, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated will celebrate 101 years of embracing Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 scholarships, providing true service, setting a standard for sisterly love, and maintaining the image of a finer woman. That's 101 years of staying true to our basic principles, 101 years of standing strong, 101 years of honoring our past while blazing new paths. And as the poet Sam Walter Foss said in his poem The House by the Side of the Road, we have spent 101 years in our house by the side of the road being a friend to man. Thank you.
Thank you so very much for your testimony, and I'm looking at your sorer, Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson, and she was just beaming with pride. So thank you for your testimony. Mr. Decker, please call the next witness.
Good morning. My name is Dana Moore. I am the President Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 of the Beta Delta Zeta Chapter, the Philadelphia Graduate Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. I speak in support of Resolution No. 200685. I come before you this morning speaking on behalf of the women who continue to honor our principle founder who chartered our illustrious organization 101 years ago, and she chartered the Philadelphia Graduate Chapter 76 years ago on the principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood. This resolution celebrates the partnership of Beta Delta Zeta Chapter with the City of Philadelphia as we continue to honor our principle founder and solidify her wish for an organization to thrive and make an impact in all communities around the globe. The Philadelphia Graduate Chapter makes its impact with ownership of Founder Stemons' home in the South Philadelphia community, the distribution Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 of over $2,000 in scholarships annually to local students, and working with various members of City Council on social action and service initiatives. The Philadelphia Graduate Chapter wishes to thank our sorer, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, sponsor of this bill; our Councilman Kenyatta Johnson; Councilmembers Derek Green and Cherelle Parker, co-sponsors, and all members of Council for allowing us to be a service to your constituents and for consideration of this resolution. Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony. Please call the next witness, Mr. Decker.
Stefan Zajic. COUNCIL SUPPORT: Chief Clerk, Stefan Zajic and Meghan Swyryn are not on the line. However, Rashon Howard is.
The next speaker is Rashon Howard. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Good. Thank you. Please state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
My name is Rashon Howard and I am the President of Mu Sigma Chapter, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, and I am here today speaking on behalf of Resolution 200684. I'm also speaking on behalf of International President, of 27th Regional Director, and the State Director of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and all of our brothers of Phi Beta Sigma as the resolution celebrates the 107 years of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated, a fraternity that has built and made great men like Honorable John Lewis and the late Honorable Elijah Cummings, a fraternity of service that continues to Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 help and lead the way to ensure that we are able to bring great gratitude to our community. Again, I speak in support of Resolution 200684.
Thank you. Thank you so much for your testimony. Mr. Decker, please call the next witness.
Yes, we can hear you, Daniel. Just state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
Thank you. My name is Daniel Trubman, T-R-U-B-M-A-N, and I'm calling today to testify against 200613, the overlay legislation for Strawberry Mansion. I thought my colleague Ben She Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 made a lot of great points, but I just wanted to testify and reiterate two points. The first being a conservation district by definition should focus on maintaining what already exists and emphasize continuity, but when we look at the micro management requirements of this new NCO, well, we see that their requirements are so strict that scores and scores of houses within the district would actually not meet those requirements. So I would ask Council what does continuity really mean if many of the houses within the district would not actually meet those requirements? This isn't about continuity but actually forcing new requirements. There are scores of buildings that would not meet because they don't have porches or they have the wrong type of porches or their houses are slightly too high or they have slightly the wrong kind of materials. So this isn't really a conservation district. This is just a Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 down-zoning bill, which gets me to my other point. I would ask Council to realize that the best way the City can set these development standards is through a citywide process through the Comprehensive Plan. I think that we're beginning the process between this bill and with the Society Hill bill a few weeks ago where we're going to have neighborhood by neighborhood spot rezoning, and I think it's a horrible process. It's not nearly as democratic as setting policy at the citywide level, and I'm afraid it's going to lead to a cycle where each neighborhood attempts to get a different form of down-zoning, which will only exacerbate the citywide affordability issue. So I hope City Council would consider tabling this bill and taking another look at it, and if not, I would hope Mayor Kenney would veto it. Thank you. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Thank you so much for your testimony. Mr. Decker, can you please call the next witness.
The next speaker is Max Tuttleman. COUNCIL SUPPORT: Chief Clerk, Mr. Tuttleman is not on the line and Leonard Bonarek is not on the line, but we do have Jihad Ali.
Thank you. State your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
My name is Jihad Ali. I want to give testimony on Bill 200613. I'm asking Council to support -- approve this bill. I support the Council President in presenting this bill. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 I'd like to acknowledge the hard work of the Strawberry Mansion Council in putting this coalition and bringing this bill forward. As some of the neighbors have testified, this has been an ongoing fight to maintain this area. This is one of the hardest hit areas impacted by gentrification. We never mentioned that. So I think that this is a great step in the right direction. This is one of several -once this is passed, this will be one of several overlay districts throughout Philadelphia, but I think this is the first one in an African American predominantly community. So I would ask all you Councilmembers to support the Council President and respect the people in the neighborhood. I'd also like to testify on Bill No. 200556 on the one percent tax. I think that's a great bill. I think it will do a lot to increase the aggressive Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 expansion of opportunities for minority workers and business. I think it will do thousands of units of affordable housing. I think the caution is that we make -like you said, Councilwoman Parker, we can't wait for other people to do anything for us. We have to do it for ourself, but we also have to ensure that we're protected and we receive the benefit from this stuff. Too often even you as Council, you make the assumption that all the work go to workers from Philadelphia unions, union workers of Philadelphia, but that's not the case. We found out it's predominantly outside the area. So we need to make sure that Philadelphians participate in this and particularly African Americans participate, including African American developers. Thank you for allowing me to speak.
Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Thank you. Thank you for your testimony.
Yes. State your name for the record and proceed with your testimony, please.
My name is Bonita Cummings and I am the Director of Strawberry Mansion Community Concerns testifying on Bill No. 200613. Conservatives support Strawberry Mansion's stance and our concerns. I would like this body to listen to the following context: In 1988, Elliot Jaspin, author of the book Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America, was visiting Berryville, Arkansas when he realized that after several days of being there, he had not seen one African American. While touring about and visiting the towns and museums, Jaspin came upon the will of a farmer who Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 owned slaves during the period right before the Civil War. Wedged in between the lines for livestock and land were five slaves to be given away. Surely this was an indication that there should be a present-day black or African American population in that town. However, there were no black people in sight. Mr. Jaspin left that museum with several nagging questions. Were black people still living in this town? And if not, then when they did leave and why? By learning the history, he uncovered that this quiet campaign of racial cleansing leading to the expulsion of African Americans from certain geographical areas were swift and in many cases took no more than 24 hours to eliminate an entire black population. Now, let's fast forward to 2020 and examine the modern-day tools that have been quietly utilized to implement racial cleansing all over the City of Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Philadelphia. Through a new Zoning Code that disproportionately favored developers and their consistent skirting of by-right building laws, the larger Hispanic and African American populations have been driven from Spring Garden, Francisville, North Central, and Brewerytown, and now Strawberry Mansion is under siege. So the question remains, will this body of City Council support the residents of Strawberry Mansion with not only being allowed to have a voice and shapen their own communities but also in not allowing the process of racial cleansing to start sprouting its roots in this historical area? If gone unchecked, the African American population of Strawberry Mansion will have declined by 50 to 60 percent in a few short years under the guise of development. The process of by-right expulsion of residential direct racial cleansing of neighborhoods must stop, and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 this bill does a good job of addressing and negating some of the strategies and taxes that are consistently being used to effect forced migration and racial cleansing. So we appreciate your support of Bill No. 200613.
Good morning. My name is Tonnetta Graham and I'm here to speak on Bill No. 200613. Strawberry Mansion is an established African American neighborhood, rich in history, culture, and a notable variety of housing stock. From our picturesque porch-lined blocks to rows of brownstones to blocks sprawled with two- and three-story homes, all made with brick and masonry and ornate cornices, Strawberry Mansion's mixture of Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 houses truly define the character of the neighborhood. Today, that character is currently under assault with the by-right zoning options that afford developers the right to build with little to no input from the community. As the Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation aims to preserve our neighborhood and what we know as Strawberry Mansion, we worked diligently with a coalition of block captains, RCOs, long-term concerned residents, and community-based organizations to seek relief to preserve the character of our community. We thoroughly researched overlays from various Philadelphia communities, drafted this legislation, and worked with the Planning Commission and Council President Clarke to ensure its legality and to solidify our voice in the preservation and continuity of our neighbors' housing stock. It's imperative that the Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 by-right plans of developers, who have admittedly devised neighborhood plans without the neighborhood, be disrupted now. We did the work. Now we ask for your support to strengthen our voice by passing the Strawberry Mansion NCO Bill No. 200613. Thank you, Councilwoman Parker, for introducing this bill on behalf of City Council President Darrell Clarke, who we especially thank for his commitment to honoring our work and supporting our goals to preserve Strawberry Mansion as we know it. I ask that all of City Council members join them and vote to pass this bill. Thank you.
Good afternoon, Council. I'm calling in support of Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Resolution 200683 for your support in requesting that the Archdiocese of Philadelphia speak with the board and alumni as well as even families and all stakeholders regarding the recent announcement of closures of John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School and Bishop McDevitt High School. During the time of COVID, it is a disgrace for the Archdiocese to make these decisions without consultation from those in the school community. I ask that you support this bill which has been brought forth by Councilwoman Richardson and all supporters because we need to support our students, as this impacts the students of Philadelphia, especially the Northwest region in reference to Bishop McDevitt as well as other areas of Philadelphia in reference to Hallahan. Thank you.
The next speaker Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 is Paula Sahm.
Yeah. Just state your name for the record, please, and then proceed.
I am a proud board member and a proud alum of 1987. My Catholic education continued from Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. in all Catholic universities. My daughter is a graduate of the Class of 2010 and is also working on her Ph.D. in engineering. My daughter and I were able to increase our level of education due to Hallahan's educational foundation. Hallahan has always offered a stellar education. My daughter received $450,000 worth of scholarships for her endeavors. As a single mother, I could have never Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 afforded the universities my daughter attended. It was because of Hallahan that my daughter felt the sisterhood that she could focus on her studies. My daughter chose Hallahan due to the diversity. The middle class all-girls school has given myself and my daughter opportunities that we would have never had before. Faith in the Future, who did the study, who is working with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, they are overwhelmingly male and Caucasian. They do not look like the women they abandoned and cast aside. In the midst of a national reckoning on race and gender equity, the Archdiocese has made a tone-deaf decision to cut off an accessible all-girls educational option which attracts girls of every race, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and creed in the heart of Philadelphia. They made a game-changing decision that will forever alter the educational landscape Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 of Philadelphia in a vacuum, absent of a single meeting with the leadership of Hallahan, City leaders or the very students and parents adversely affected by their decision. While the City of Philadelphia and the School District are taking monumental steps forward in racial and gender equity, Faith in the Future and the Archdiocese are taking ten steps back by closing the first all-girls school in the United States and the heart of Philadelphia. Thank you.
Sorry. I'm Zoe Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Kelly. I'm here for Resolution 200683. I'm a senior at John W. Hallahan and also Student Council Class President. Hallahan was the first Catholic school in the country and has been a second home for girls all across the City of Philadelphia for over a hundred years. The school is a melting pot of diversity and does not deserve to be shut down. I'm the first person in my family to go to Catholic school, and it's an immense struggle to send your kids to have a Catholic education. Faith in the Future is tearing apart a family from its building that has been here way longer than any of the buildings or skyscrapers that you see in Philadelphia. I'm here to please say that you can please reconsider closing our school. The family that we have here, you will never be able to understand, to be able to walk through the halls of Hallahan and be with your sisters. Please reconsider for Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Resolution 200683.
Good morning. My name is Dr. Kimberly Taylor-Benns, Class of 1980. I'm speaking in support of Bill 200683. I am a lifelong resident of Philadelphia and a proud alum of John W. Hallahan. I cannot stress the impact that my Hallahan education has had on my life and the lives of over 40,000 women from every zip code in the City of Philadelphia for more than 120 years. Hallahan continues its tradition of educating women. Alumni of this great institution leave with a solid christian foundation grounded in faith, Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 so necessary in these unprecedented times, opportunity for social mobility. John W. Hallahan prepares women to enter higher education with scholarships or careers, fully armed for success, empowered to change locally, nationally or global issues. My career spans 35-plus years in higher education. I currently provide access and affordability to higher education at Lincoln University. I owe part of my success to the solid foundation of a christian education generally and John W. Hallahan specifically. Therefore, I am in full support of Resolution 200683 to keep John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School open. I want to thank sorer Councilwoman Gilmore Richardson and Councilwoman Cherelle Parker for sponsoring this bill and all of City Council for your support in our efforts. Thank you. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Council President Clarke and Councilmembers, my name is Mary Beth Driscoll and I am speaking in support of Resolution 200683. We very much appreciate Councilwoman Richardson's sponsorship and all of your support. I'm a proud alum and I've served on the board of Bishop McDevitt for nine years. We, the board, and the entire school community were shocked by the sudden announcement by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Faith in the Future Foundation. We were completely blind-sided, and there was zero transparency in this process. They say they conducted a study and there is Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 data and a report, and they refused to share it. Why? What are they hiding? McDevitt's diverse student base is proudly over 70 percent black and brown and from Philadelphia. The consequences of closing McDevitt and Hallahan will be devastating to the community, the students, and the families, many of whom are your constituents. We ask Archbishop Perez, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, and Faith in the Future to reverse this wrongheaded and shortsighted decision. Because we all have to ask, which Catholic high school is next? Again, we appreciate Council's support of this extremely important Resolution 200683. Thank you.
The next speaker is Carly Monahan. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020
Hi. My name is Carly Monahan, a proud member of the Class of 2022 at John W. Hallahan. Thank you for hearing me out today and especially thank you to Councilwoman Katherine Gilmore Richardson for bringing Resolution 200683 before you. I'm involved with a variety of different clubs and activities. I am a part of the Golf team, where we won the PCL and the District Title in 2018; the Cheer team; the Book and Film Club; and Ambassadors, where we work together as a community to bring girls to our amazing school. My proudest achievement at John W. Hallahan is being one of the pilot students for the Hundred Step program. The joint program with the Community College of Philadelphia allows me, as well as eight of my peers in the junior class, to graduate Hallahan with our Associate's degree in hand. By taking away our school, you are not only Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 separating our family but making us lose out on an amazing opportunity for multiple students now but for more students to come. By not graduating from Hallahan, me and other CCP girls will not be able to complete the program and obtain our Associate's degree that we have worked so hard to earn. We are just a couple of credits away from graduation, and this can't be the end. You are making this hard for everyone, especially the junior class. You are erasing everything we have worked so hard for in the past three years. We have evolved to proper young women, and you are now closing the doors to a world of tradition and sisterhood. Our traditions date all the way back to 1950 when Walt Disney himself wrote a letter giving us permission to use Mickey Mouse as our mascot. In 1969, the first ever iconic fountain jump was born. We also have an amazing Hallahan Day that continues to grow every year and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 brightens up the atmosphere. Hallahan is a family that continues to grow. (Inaudible) will be able to follow in my footsteps and make Mickey proud. Thank you.
Yes. Good afternoon. Good morning. My name is Tim Speice, as cited. I am the Board Chair of Bishop McDevitt High School and have served in this capacity for nearly 30 years. As Mary Beth pointed out, this announcement by the Archdiocese was very sudden, abrupt, unexpected, and also occurred as we were in the process -- we had just concluded bringing on an additional nine board members to help manage and run our school and to bring it forward, which gave us a full complement Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 of nearly 19 board members. We serve a very diverse community. Many of you in the room represent certainly the City of Philadelphia, but you have relationships in Cheltenham Township, probably Abington Township. We draw a large number of students from the Philadelphia area, specifically in the Northwest area. Our school has been in existence in the community since 1958, which represents 62 years of educating families, children of faith, and we view that as our mission, and we want to continue that mission. We also recognize Hallahan here with us today, John W. Hallahan. They've been in existence for 120 years. These two schools collectively have nearly 200 years of service and want to continue as such. A couple of other points. We've invested much in our school. We have a functioning science lab, STEM lab. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 We've done a lot to invest in the curriculum. We're also looking at a joint venture presently as a part of the announcement with Arcadia University, and we are looking for time to reinvigorate the school. We do want to be increasing enrollment, and considering those factors, very disappointed that the Archdiocese chose at this time of year, in the midst of a COVID epidemic, with really little ability to rally our school community and very, very concerned why they do not want to hear the reason we're asking now for our continuance, and we would certainly request that City Council bring whatever resources they have to bear on the Archdiocese and on any additional governing bodies connected to the Office of Catholic Education to, at a minimum, hear our plans for the future, to sustain our school, to continue to deliver academic programs, and to support the community we serve, which includes residents of the City of Philadelphia. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 you.
There are no other speakers on the public comment list, Mr. President.
Thank you very much, Mr. Decker. We will now consider today's Resolution Consent Agenda. I would ask Mr. Decker to please read the titles of all the resolutions on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the resolution on the Resolution Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the resolution will be immediately removed from the Resolution Consent Agenda and placed on today's regular Final Passage Calendar. The Clerk will now read the titles of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda.
Resolution No. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 200679, entitled a "Resolution recognizing, congratulating, and honoring State Representative Joanna McClinton (191st State House District) on being elected by her peers to serve as the Democratic Caucus Leader, making her the House Minority Leader, as well as the first woman of any race or ethnicity to serve in this capacity in the General Assembly"; and Resolution No. 200680, entitled a "Resolution declaring each Friday in December of 2020 as 'Shop Black Business Friday' in the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 200682, entitled a "Resolution approving the appointment of Ismail Shahid as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority"; and Resolution No. 200684, entitled a "Resolution recognizing, honoring and congratulating Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Incorporated on its 107th Founder's Day"; and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 200685, entitled a "Resolution recognizing, honoring and congratulating Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated on its 101st Founder's Day"; and Resolution No. 200686, entitled a "Resolution honoring the life and legacy of Philadelphia labor leader James Moran"; and Resolution No. 200689, entitled a "Resolution approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Parkside Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 1728 North Fifty-First Street"; and Resolution No. 200691, entitled a "Resolution also naming 24th Street, between Wharton and Reed Streets, 'Dorothy Allen Way,' to honor the life and legacy of Dorothy D. Allen"; and Resolution No. 200692, entitled Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 "Resolution also naming the 1800 block of Wharton Street as 'Walter P. D. Way' to recognize, honor, and celebrate Dr. Walter P. Lomax, Jr. for his leadership, dedication, philanthropy, and support of Black Philadelphians"; and Resolution No. 200693, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 3200 block of Reed Street 'Irene Russell Way' to recognize, honor, and celebrate the life and legacy of Irene Russell and her dedication to the Grays Ferry neighborhood"; and Resolution No. 200694, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 1300 block of South Capitol Street 'Mamie Nichols Way' to recognize, honor, and celebrate the legacy of Mamie Nichols and her dedication to the people of Point Breeze"; and Resolution No. 200695, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 2100 block of Federal Street 'Claudia Sherrod Way,' to honor the legacy of Claudia Sherrod"; Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 No. 200696, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 1800 block of South 20th Street 'Terrance Carpenter Way,' to honor the life and legacy of Terrance 'Terry' Carpenter"; and Resolution No. 200697, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 1500 block of Fitzwater Street 'United Supreme Council Way' to recognize the United Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Prince Hall Affiliation, Northern Jurisdiction, USA, Incorporated, for their long track record of charitable works in Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 200700, entitled a "Resolution also naming the 3600 block of Haverford Avenue 'Reverend Dr. Andy Jenkins Way' to recognize, honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Andy Jenkins for his dedication and service to the Mantua community and the City of Philadelphia"; and Resolution No. 200701, entitled Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 "Resolution honoring and congratulating the Roman Catholic High School Mock Trial team, on their successful 2019-2020 season and the City Title in Philadelphia"; and Resolution No.
200702, entitled a "Resolution also naming Reed Street between 12th Street and 13th Street as 'Mario Lanza Way'"; and Resolution No. 200703, entitled a "Resolution proclaiming January 13, 2021 as Korean American Day in Philadelphia to Celebrate and Commemorate the Proud Heritage of Korean Americans and their Invaluable Contributions to Enhancing the City's Culture, Economy, and the Founding Ideals of Independence and Democracy"; and Resolution No. 200704, entitled a "Resolution recognizing and Honoring the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia (KAAGP) on the Occasion of its 50th Anniversary"; and Resolution No. "
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Decker. The Chair recognizes Councilwoman Parker for a motion to adopt each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda.
Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption of each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda. (Duly seconded.)
Thank you. It has been moved and properly seconded that each of the resolutions on the Consent Agenda be adopted. All in favor indicate by saying Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 (Aye.)
The ayes have it, and each of the resolutions on the Resolution Consent Agenda have been adopted. We will now consider today's Bill Consent Agenda. I would ask the Clerk to read the titles of all the bills on the Consent Agenda. After each title is read, any member may object to the inclusion of the bill on the Consent Agenda. Upon such an objection and without debate, the bill will be immediately removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on our regular Final Passage Calendar. Mr. Decker, will you now read the titles of the bills on the Consent Agenda.
Bill No. 200389, Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 "An ordinance continuing the Mayfair Business Improvement District beyond its termination date, in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue and for which the Mayfair Business Improvement District, Incorporated, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, is the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District"; and Bill No. 200516, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by creating an overlay district entitled 'WYN, Wynnefield Overlay District,' to include certain areas of land within the area bounded by City Avenue, Bryn Mawr Avenue, Parkside Avenue, 53rd Street, Jefferson Street, Upland Way, and Drexel Road"; and Bill No. 200571, entitled "An Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Diamond Street, 11th Street, Norris Street, and Marvine Street"; and Bill No. 200576, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 14-513 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled '/NCO, Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District,' by revising and clarifying certain provisions"; and Bill No. 200577, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code to revise certain provisions of Chapter 14-200, entitled 'Definitions' and Chapter 14-500, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by amending the provisions of the /WWO Wissahickon Watershed Overlay"; and Bill No. 200592, entitled "An ordinance amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 an area bounded by Wissahickon Avenue, Hunting Park Avenue, Fox Street, and Roberts Avenue"; and Bill No. 200601, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by amending certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by creating the '/HVO, Haverford Village Overlay District'; and amending the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Wallace Street, 36th Street, Mount Vernon Street, and 37th Street"; and Bill No. 200602, entitled "An ordinance amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code by amending certain provisions of Chapter 14-500, entitled 'Overlay Zoning Districts,' by creating the '/TSO, 30th Street Overlay District'; by revising certain provisions of Section 14-702, entitled 'Floor Area, Height, and Housing Unit Density Bonuses'; and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Chestnut Street, 30th Street, Walnut Street, and 31st Lower Level Street"; and Bill No. 200624, entitled "An ordinance approving a Second Substantial Amendment to the Annual Action Plan 2019 through 2020 to add $11,311,404 in Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding"; and Bill No. 200413, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-1130 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Unlawful Credit Screening Practices in Employment,' by revising restrictions"; and Bill No. 200541, entitled "An ordinance amending Chapter 21-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Boards and Commissions - Public Deliberations,' to require recording or transcription of certain meetings and provision to the Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 access to such recordings and transcriptions"; and Bill No.
200614, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 9-1130 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Unlawful Credit Screening Practices in Employment,' by revising conditions on the use of credit information for adverse employment actions"; and Bill No. 200619, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia International Airport, the Director of Commerce, the Commissioner of Public Property, the Streets Commissioner and the Water Commissioner, or any or all of them, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a non-exclusive license agreement with the owner of 6900 Essington Avenue, 6902 Essington Avenue and 6904 Essington Avenue, to allow for the continued use of a utility corridor and related improvements through property owned by the City of Philadelphia"; and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 200085, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no parking regulation on Kingsessing Avenue, from Cemetery Avenue to South 62nd Street"; and Bill No. 200086, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no parking regulation in the vicinity of Cemetery and Kingsessing Avenues"; and Bill No. 200257, entitled "An ordinance regulating the direction of movement of traffic on certain portions of Manton Street"; and Bill No. 200542, entitled "An ordinance authorizing DSW1, LLC doing business as Nifty Fifty's to install, own, and maintain a proposed sidewalk cafe at 2700 South 10th Street"; and Bill No. 200543, entitled "An ordinance authorizing Stephen Garafolo to construct, own, and maintain a proposed exterior stairway at 3000 South 15th Street"; and Bill No. 200575, entitled "An Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 an encroachment in the nature of a pedestrian staircase to directly access Green Lane Bridge in the vicinity of 1 Leverington Avenue"; and Bill No. 200578, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 46-S by striking from the City Plan and vacating Penrose Ferry Road from Penrose Avenue to its terminus northeastwardly therefrom and reserving and placing on the City Plan a right-of-way for various public utility purposes within the lines of Penrose Ferry Road being stricken"; and Bill No. 200595, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 32-S, 33-S, 40-S, 47-S, 48-S, and 53-S by placing on the City Plan Frances Harper Drive from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, Pollock Street from South 26th Street to Frances Harper Drive, Schuylkill Avenue from Passyunk Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 northwesterly and northeasterly to a cul-de-sac, and Forten Way from Vare Avenue extending southwesterly to a cul-de-sac"; and Bill No. 200596, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan Nos. 32-S, 33-S, 40-S, 46-S, 47-S, and 53-S by relocating the existing curblines and houselines along the southern side of West Passyunk Avenue at its intersection with South 28th Street and Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road), along both sides of Passyunk Avenue Service Road (also known as Frontage Road) at its intersections with Frances Harper Drive, along the western side of 26th Street and center median of South 26th Street at its intersection with Pollock Street and Penrose Avenue, along both sides of the northwesterly Service Road of Penrose Avenue (also known as Lanier Avenue), along the northern side of Penrose Avenue Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 median of Penrose Avenue at its intersection with the northwesterly Service Road of Penrose Avenue (also known as Lanier Avenue) and 26th Street to accommodate various intersection improvements"; and Bill No.
200597, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the paving of Frances Harper Drive from Passyunk Avenue to Penrose Avenue, Pollock Street from South 26th Street to Frances Harper Drive, Schuylkill Avenue from Passyunk Avenue extending northwesterly and northeasterly to a cul-de-sac, and Forten Way from Vare Avenue extending southwesterly to a cul-de-sac"; and Bill No. 200598, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the striking from City Plan Nos. 40-S, 47-S, and 48-S and abandonment of a certain right-of-way reserved for drainage purposes, located along the former Hartranft Street, west of 26th Street, and extending westwardly therefrom to the Schuylkill River"; and Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 200626, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 238 by relocating the southeasterly houseline and curbline of Christopher Columbus Boulevard, from Washington Avenue to Christian Street, thereby creating a more uniform right-of-way width and continuous footway area for said Christopher Columbus Boulevard from Washington Avenue to Christian Street"; and Bill No. 200657, entitled "An ordinance amending Bill No. 010267, entitled 'An ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on Lancaster Avenue, from Fifty-Second Street to Sixty-Third Street, both sides' to include and establish tow-away regulations for trucks on Lancaster Avenue, from Fifty-Second Street to Sixty-Third Street, both sides"; and Bill No. 200659, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no truck parking Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 Parkside Avenue, both sides, from 50th Street to Belmont Avenue, 50th Street, both sides, from Parkside Avenue to Jefferson Street, Jefferson Street, both sides, from 50th Street to its terminus and 49th Street, both sides, from Parkside Avenue to Jefferson Street"; and Bill No. 200660, entitled "An ordinance establishing a no truck parking regulation on Henry Avenue, both sides, from Allegheny Avenue to Abbotsford Avenue"; and Bill No. 200661, entitled "An ordinance authorizing encroachments in the nature of structural artwork consisting of metal manhole covers and traffic signs located in the vicinity of 6200 Osage Avenue"; and Bill No. 200663, entitled "An ordinance amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Bicycle Lanes,' by authorizing the Department of Streets to designate a bicycle lane, in Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 direction, on North 8th Street, from Vine Street to Race Street, and to remove a travel lane, in the southbound direction, on North 8th Street, from Vine Street to Race Street"; and Bill No. "
Thank you, Mr. Decker. We will now go to the vote. These bills having been read on two different days, the question for each Stated Meeting December 10, 2020 is shall the bill pass finally. Mr. Decker will call the roll, and upon being called, each Councilmember shall vote aye on each of the bills, nay on each of the bills or indicate those bills for which the member is voting aye and those bills for which the member is voting nay. Mr. Decker, call the roll.
Aye on all bills. Stated Meeting December 10, 2020